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We at RotoAnalysis try to bring you a breakdown into a variety of different things each week and they all start from a stat or theory we look at. This week, rather than digging into specific topics, we have a general list of stats and comments that you can use to up your knowledge about specific players and situations around the league. This week we focused on hitters with 25 key stats, and next week we’ll do the same with pitchers.

1. Everybody’s talking about it, but the numbers speak for themselves. In April Mike Trout hit .261 with 2 homers, and in May he’s batting .308 with 6 homers. He also cut his strikeout rate from 28% to 21%.

2. Colby Rasmus is striking out in 39.1% of his plate appearances, worse than any qualified hitter in the last three seasons.

3. In the majors, Jean Segura has 21 stolen bases to only three caught stealings so far in his career.

4. Throughout his minor league career, Segura had 139 steals to only 38 caught stealings, good for a 78.5% efficiency rate. The guy is a legitimately talented base stealer.

5. Since the beginning of the 2012 season, David Ortiz has played in 116 games and hit 30 homers. That’s a home run on average in about one out of every 3.9 games.

6. That’s better than the career rates of Miguel Cabrera, Jose Bautista and Ryan Braun.

7. This may come as somewhat of a surprise, but the Rays’ James Loney has the fourth highest average among qualified hitters in major league baseball at .348.

8. That’s largely because James Loney also has the highest line drive rate in major league baseball at 33.1%.